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  • Unilot vandals smash five student car windows

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Miles Bennett-Smith

    Five cars had their windows shattered and two had items removed over a three-day period in a series of events that is causing widespread concern among faculty and students.

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  • Final stages of construction underway

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Miles Bennett-Smith

    The interior of the much-anticipated new building is finally finished, under budget and ahead of schedule. Soon, kids from grades kindergarten through five will be streaming into the new classrooms.We

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  • Special fireworks, teen guests only, 4 a.m. closing—seniors to attend Disneyland’s sober ‘Grad Nite’

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Mady Mainwaring

    For seven nights in early June, Disneyland’s usual crowd of vacationing families is replaced by thousands of wild and sleep-deprived recent high-school graduates.

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  • Chi-town pizza now in Sacto: But it still can't compare to Windy City's original

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Andy Furillo

    For years, Sacramento lacked a pizza place that was truly great. Last year, some Sacramentans finally realized they could make a huge profit selling Chicago-style pizza and opened Chicago Fire Pizza i

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  • Nada Surf, Minus the Bear—albums challenge negative indie stereotypes

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Ian Benjamin

    Nada Surf’s new release, Lucky, and Minus the Bear’s most recent CD, Planet of Ice, stand out among the otherwise repetitive, sappy and dreary indie releases of 2008.If you have the unfortunate misco

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  • Seniors, let’s not finish on a sour note!

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Omar Eltorai

    With only 27 students in the senior class, one would think that planning any sort of grad party would be simple.

    But clearly this has proved anything but easy.

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  • Orchids and Onions

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By:

    Orchids to... the cream-colored paint on Matthews Library and Geeting Hall (the administration building), applied during Spring Break. Can’t we do the same for the high school over the summer?Onions t

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  • Drama threatens team unity: Girls vent inter-class conflict in discussion circle; league woes persist as playoffs loom

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Michael Lewis

    For the first time in soccer coach George Champayne’s career at SCDS, he threatened to quit unless his varsity girls’ team would sit down in what is now referred to as “the b*tch circle.”

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  • Priuses proliferate in high school

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Calvin Fernandez

    The Prius is taking over Country Day. Thirteen high-school families and one teacher are now zipping around in these hybrid cars, commuting to school from as far as Davis or as close as around the corn

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  • NEED A JOB?: Networking can be the perfect strategy

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Parul Guliani

    Summer is just around the corner, and getting a job will earn you some extra cash and give you something else to put on that college application. Beat out those other applicants with the number one t

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Issue Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Issue: Vol. XXXI, No. 7 Last Update: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Strange stimulants, fire dancers, tattoos, tie-dye, music:: UC Davis hosts Whole Earth Festival for wide audience
A typical Mother’s Day weekend might consist of a brunch with your mom, grandma, aunt and siblings, but for the people of Davis, Mother’s Day weekend means the annual Whole Earth Festival. This uniqu
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Tips from Stanford’s career counseling website, http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/networking/tips/, and Marlene Scherer Stern, Stanford career networking programs manager.
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Over 30 million people a month use it. It connects people to job listings, housing, goods, services, romance, local activities, advice and more.Craigslist.org serves over 450 cities worldwide and has
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NEED A JOB?: Networking can be the perfect strategy
Summer is just around the corner, and getting a job will earn you some extra cash and give you something else to put on that college application. Beat out those other applicants with the number one t
full story 
The Prius is taking over Country Day. Thirteen high-school families and one teacher are now zipping around in these hybrid cars, commuting to school from as far as Davis or as close as around the corn
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6: Runs scored by the Cavaliers against rival Faith Christian Lions in the last five games, ‘05-07 (SCDS forfeited a game in 2005).75: Runs scored by Faith against the Cavs in the last five games,
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The golf team is a surprising 8-2 so far this season, while the tennis team is struggling with a disappointing 0-8 record.
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Drama threatens team unity: Girls vent inter-class conflict in discussion circle; league woes persist as playoffs loom
For the first time in soccer coach George Champayne’s career at SCDS, he threatened to quit unless his varsity girls’ team would sit down in what is now referred to as “the b*tch circle.”
full story 
Orchids to... the cream-colored paint on Matthews Library and Geeting Hall (the administration building), applied during Spring Break. Can’t we do the same for the high school over the summer?Onions t
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Weight room out of shape, needs updated equipment Weight room out of shape, needs updated equipment
Walking into the “weight room” is like taking a step back into the late ‘80s.There is one treadmill and a stairmaster that is not electric.Not surprisingly, of 92 students polled, 73 percent say they
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